Grandselve Abbey
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Grandselve Abbey was a Cistercian monastery in south-west France, at Bouillac, Tarn-et-Garonne. It was one of the most important Cistercian abbeys in the south of France.
The choir stall
Silver double seal of Joanna Plantagenet dating from 1196 to 1199, found at Grandselve Abbey and now kept in the British Museum
Female head, Grandselve Abbey, Musée des Augustins
Cistercians
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The Cistercians, or the Order of Cistercians, are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint Benedict, as well as the contributio
Grandselve Abbey
…Grandselve Abbey (French: Abbaye de Notre-Dame de Grandselve) was a Cistercian monastery in south-west France, at Bouillac, Tarn-et-Garonne. It was one of the most important Cistercian abbeys in the south of France. Grandselve was…
St. Bernard of Clairvaux, one of the most influential early Cistercians, seen here depicted in a historiated initial
An illumination of Stephen Harding (right) presenting a model of his church to the Blessed Virgin Mary (Municipal Library, Dijon). Cîteaux, c. 1125. At this period Cistercian illumination was the most advanced in France, but within 25 years it was abandoned altogether under the influence of Bernard of Clairvaux.
Prioress of Rieunette priory in France.
Cistercian abbey in Bélapátfalva, Hungary